Get a Facebook profile or Page · Facebook API
Returns a public Facebook profile or Page by username: name, category, intro, follower and like counts, contact details and business information. Returns `not_found` when it does not exist or is not public.
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curl https://api.unifapi.com/facebook/profiles/{username} \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $UNIFAPI_KEY"Parameters
- usernamepathrequired
- Facebook profile or Page username (or numeric id), as in facebook.com/{username}.
- include_business_hoursquery
- Optional: include structured business hours in the response when available.
- The parameter for this Facebook operation. Use the URL-visible slug or id described in the docs.
This operation is part of the Facebook API in the social platforms category. It uses the same Bearer token, request tracing, error model, and billing envelope as every UnifAPI endpoint, so agents can switch between platforms without custom per-vendor glue code.
Use it when a workflow needs Facebook public data alongside other social networks, but should still keep one API key, one account balance, and one predictable JSON contract.
Common agent workflows
- Resolve a public Facebook identity into structured profile metadata for enrichment agents.
- Refresh creator, company, or account snapshots without managing source-specific response shapes.
- Give an AI agent a stable Facebook data source without building a per-platform integration.
- Normalize Facebook responses into the same UnifAPI envelope used across the catalog.
Unified envelope, platform-native fields
- Lookup responses return one canonical object in `data` with stable identifiers, source URLs where available, and platform-specific metadata normalized into predictable JSON.
- The operation has a 3 credits ($0.003) minimum charge, so `billing.records_charged` can be higher than the visible records returned.
- A not-found or invalid-input condition uses the unified UnifAPI error shape, so callers do not need special handling for each source platform.
Response status codes
Billing
This operation charges 1 credit per billable record, with a 3 credits ($0.003) operation minimum. Public responses include billing metadata with credits charged, records charged, and remaining workspace balance. Incorrect Credit deductions caused by platform failures can be restored as billing corrections.
Errors and retries
Authentication, validation, rate-limit, not-found, and provider errors use the unified UnifAPI error format. Agents should log `request_id`, retry only retryable failures, and treat invalid API keys, disabled keys, and expired keys as the same public `unauthorized` error type.
Fields in the data object
A successful Get a Facebook profile or Page call returns one data object with these fields (12 of 13 shown — the docs list the full schema).
- platformstring | null
- Social platform for this profile. One of: facebook.
- profile_typestring | null
- Whether the lookup resolved to a personal profile or business page. One of: person, business.
- display_namestring | null
- Public display name shown on the Facebook profile or page.
- profile_urlstring | null
- Canonical public Facebook profile or page URL.
- avatar_urlstring | null
- Best available avatar image URL.
- cover_image_urlstring | null
- Best available cover image URL.
- platform_user_idstring | null
- Facebook profile or page id when available.
- genderstring | null
- Gender label when available for personal profiles. One of: female, male, unknown.
- like_countnumber | null
- Page likes count when available.
- follower_countnumber | null
- Page follower count when available.
- rating_countnumber | null
- Number of public ratings or reviews when available.
- contactobject | null
- Public contact information when available.
More Facebook operations
Combine endpoints from the same platform, then join the results with other UnifAPI categories without changing authentication or response parsing.
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List photos from a Facebook profile or Page
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List posts from a Facebook profile or Page
Returns recent public posts from a Facebook profile or Page with text, media and reaction, comment and share counts. Paginate with `cursor`.
Get a Facebook Ad Library ad
Returns one ad from the Meta Ad Library by archive id: advertiser, creative, run dates, platforms and, for EU ads, reach and targeting. Set `include_transcript` for a video transcript. Returns `not_found` when the ad does not exist.